Rope and rope-socket-protector spear.



PAT NT SEP 1906.

E. PORTER. ROPE AND ROPE SOCKET P oTEoToE SPBAR.

APPLIGATION FILED DEO.4. 1905.

I INVENTOR' I 1'7. Paw 1&7.

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ERNEST PORTER, OF MONTIOELLO, KENTUCKY.

ROPE AND ROPE-SOCKET-PROTECTOR SPEAR- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed December 4, 1905. Serial No. 290,297.

T0 in whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST PORTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Monticello, in the county of Wayne and State of Kentucky,have invented a new and useful Rope and Rope-Socket-Protector Spear, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certainnew and useful improvements inrope-socket and ropesoeket-protector spears for the purpose of removingrope and rope-sockets from wells.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment for rope-spearsthat is very simple and cheap in construction and one that can bereadily attached to any spear now in use.

A further object of my invention is to provide an attachment for arope-socket spear that will guide the spear into the opening in thesocket or the rope-socket protector, as the case may be.

l/Vith these various objects in view my invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described,and illustrated in the accom' panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of a rope-spear with the attachment in place. Fig. 2 is aside view of a rope-spear, showing the attachment in section. Fig. 3 isa sectional view taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularlyto the drawings, A indicates the rope-spear,and B the attachment. The rope-spear A is of the ordinary construction,being provided with a spear-point a, a square wrench-receiving portiona, and a threaded end a for connecting the spear with the operatingmechanism. The lower portion of the spear A is formed with a circularreduced portion (1 provided with circular screw-threaded recesses a", bymeans of which the attachment B is secured thereon.

The attachment B is in the form of a funnel-shaped guide, and the neckportion 1) is adapted to fit over the circular reduced portion a of thespear and to be secured thereon by machine-screws b, which pass throughthe openings 12 in the neck portion of the funnel-shaped guide and arescrewed into the recesses a in the spear.

By providing a rope-spear with a funnelshaped guide, as described, itwill be seen that I overcome the difiiculties that heretofore existed infishing for lost rope-sockets, especially in large wells, as the socketwill be guided by the tunnel to the point of the spear, which will'findits way into the opening of the socket or socket-protector, as the casemay be, and the socket can be readily removed in the ordinary manner.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a spear, of acircular reduced portion formed on the lower end of the spear and afunnel-shaped guide fitting over said reduced portion, for the purposedescribed.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a spear, of afunnel-shaped guide arranged on the lower end of said spear andextending down below the point of said spear, and means for securingsaid tunnel to said spear, for the purpose described.

ERNEST PORTER. l/Vitnesses:

W. H. Lemon, 1. H. ATHERTON.

